yeah, and i had never been to america before. >> rose: first time you had ever been to america. >> yeah is so it was-- it moved fast, to the point that my stuff is still in storeage in london, that's how fast moves. so there is a time capsule of my previous life in south london. >> rose: what were you doing in london. >> i was doing staun, i was writing comedy for various tv shows and watching the daily show because i loved that was for me the high standard of satire and political comedy on television. that is what i wanted to do in england. and it was very difficult. and i was not, my intention was not to join the thing i loved. >> rose: what is interesting, and i think a lot of people would agree with that, is that we often thought that the best, the best of is a tire had to be in london, for a long time, way back to that were the week that was. >> that might have been true then, yeah. >> rose: with peter cook. >> peter cook was, absolutely. you talk about beyond the fringe, peter cook, jonathan miller, all of those guise. that probably was the high standard at that point. but what jo